Light and Dark are in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 7: 3, respectively. The
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Light and Dark are in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 7: 3, respectively. The following information has been taken from the partnership records for the financial year ended 31 May 20X3:
Partners' capital accounts, balances as at 1 June 20X2:
Light ............... £200000
Dark .................£140000
Partners' current accounts, balances as at 1 June 20X2:
Light ............... £150000 Credit
Dark .................£130000 Credit
During the year ended 31 May 20X3 the partners made the following drawings from the partnership bank account:
Light £10,000 on 31 August 20X2
£10,000 on 30 November 20X2
£10,000 on 28 February 20X3
£10,000 on 31 May 20X3
Dark £7,000 on 31 August 20X2
£7,000 on 30 November 20X2
£7,000 on 28 February 20X3
£7,000 on 31 May 20X3
Interest is to be charged on drawings at the rate of 12 per cent per annum. Interest is allowed on capital accounts and credit balances on current accounts at the rate of 12 per cent per annum. Dark is to be allowed a salary of £15,000 per annum.
The net profit of the partnership for the year ended 31 May 20X3 is £102,940.
Required
a. A computation of the amount of interest chargeable on each partner's drawings for the year ended 31 May 20X3.
b. The partnership appropriation account for the year ended 31 May 20X3.
c. A computation of the balance on each partner's current account as at 31 May 20X3.
PartnershipA legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits. A Written agreement between two or more individuals who join as partners to form and carry on a for-profit business. Among other things, it states...
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Introduction To Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077138448
7th edition
Authors: Anne Marie Ward, Andrew Thomas